Research Catalog
Paul Muni papers
- Title
- Paul Muni papers, circa 1920-1967.
- Author
- Muni, Paul, 1895-1967.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1967-005 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1967-005 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1967-005 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1967-005 Box 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1967-005 Box 5 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1967-005 Box 6 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1967-005 Box 7 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 8 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1967-005 Box 8 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 9 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1967-005 Box 9 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 10 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1967-005 Box 10 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959.
- Beach, Rex, 1877-1949.
- Cotsworth, Staats, 1908-1979.
- Coward, Noël, 1899-1973.
- Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986.
- Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
- Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958.
- Golden, John, 1874-1955.
- Hopkins, Arthur, 1878-1950.
- Powell, Dick, 1904-1963.
- Rose, Billy, 1899-1966.
- Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941.
- Morgan, Helen, 1900-1941.
- Warner, Harry Morris, 1881-1958.
- Yurka, Blanche.
- Description
- 4 lin. ft. (10 boxes)
- Summary
- The Paul Muni papers span the years 1920 through 1967 and consist of correspondence, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, personal papers and writings documenting his career as an actor of stage and screen.
- Subjects
- Last angry man (Motion picture)
- Good earth (Motion picture)
- Black fury (Motion picture)
- Muni, Bella
- Dr. Socrates (Motion picture)
- Actors
- Bordertown (Motion picture : 1935)
- Scrapbooks
- Muni, Paul, 1895-1967 > Portraits
- Scarface (Motion picture : 1932)
- Juárez (Motion picture)
- Acting
- Commandos strike at dawn (Motion picture)
- Story of Louis Pasteur (Motion picture)
- Photoprints
- Life of Emile Zola (Motion picture)
- We are not alone (Motion picture)
- Seven faces (Motion picture)
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Woman I love (Motion picture)
- I am a fugitive from a chain gang (Motion picture)
- Genre/Form
- Photoprints.
- Scrapbooks.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- Bella Muni
- Biography (note)
- Paul Muni (Mehilem Weisenfreund), actor of stage and screen, was born in Austria on September 22, 1895.
- Language (note)
- Some material is in Yiddish.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Arranged and described
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1967-005
- OCLC
- NYPW00-A32
- Author
- Muni, Paul, 1895-1967.
- Title
- Paul Muni papers, circa 1920-1967.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- Paul Muni (Mehilem Weisenfreund), actor of stage and screen, was born in Austria on September 22, 1895. Muni's early career on the American stage was in the Yiddish theater where he acted under the name Muni Weisenfreund. His first role was in the production TWO CORPSES AT BREAKFAST in 1908. During the years 1908 through 1926 he toured in Yiddish theater productions becoming a member of the Yiddish Art Theatre in 1918. Paul Muni married Bella Finkel an actress of the Yiddish theater on May 8, 1921.In 1926 he played Morris Levine in the play WE AMERICANS followed in 1927 by the play FOUR WALLS. In 1929 he began using the name Paul Muni. Plays he starred in after that date include COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW, KEY LARGO, A FLAG IS BORN, THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED, DEATH OF A SALESMAN and INHERIT THE WIND for which he won a Tony Award. Muni was also a successful motion picture actor, appearing in many notable Hollywood films including SCARFACE, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG, BLACK FURY, DR. SOCRATES, THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR, for which he won an Oscar in 1936, THE GOOD EARTH, THE WOMAN I LOVE, THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, WE ARE NOT ALONE, COMMANDOS STRIKE AT DAWN and THE LAST ANGRY MAN.Paul Muni had a great interest in the plight of European Jews and this can be seen in the correspondence with his friends and professional contacts. He starred in Ben Hecht's pageant A FLAG IS BORN which rallied support for Israel. Paul Muni died in California on August 25, 1967.
- Language
- Some material is in Yiddish.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Actors.
- Added Author
- Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959.Beach, Rex, 1877-1949.Cotsworth, Staats, 1908-1979.Coward, Noël, 1899-1973.Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986.Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958.Golden, John, 1874-1955.Hopkins, Arthur, 1878-1950.Powell, Dick, 1904-1963.Rose, Billy, 1899-1966.Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941.Morgan, Helen, 1900-1941.Warner, Harry Morris, 1881-1958.Yurka, Blanche.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1967-005